Household utensil.



J. H. UBELAKER & R. A.KRNIASCHEK.

HOUSEHOLD UTENSIL. APPLICATION man MAR.1. |915.

a I i cuLuAmlA PLANOGRAIN co., WASHINGTON. o. C,

Patented N 0V. 2, 1915.

JOSEPH H. UBELAKER AND RAIMUND A. KRMSCHEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOUSEHOLD UTENSIL.

Maasai.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH I-I. BE- LAKER and RAIMUND A. KnMAscHE-K,subjects of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and residents of the city ofChicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have in- ,vented certainnew and useful `Improvements in Household Utensils, of` which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvement in household utensils andparticularly to food strainers and the like.

The object of our invention is to so arrange the parts -thereof thatthey may be quickly dismonnted for cleaning or other purposes withoutthe aid of tools.

4This and other objects we accomplish as fully set forth in thefollowing specification and as more particularly pointed out in theappended claims, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings inwhich a preferred embodiment or adaptation of our invention is shown.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a central vertical section throughour improved utensil; Fig. 2 is a top plan View of our improved utensil;and Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view ofthe removable bottom of theutensil.

In referring to the preferred embodiment or adaptation of our inventionshown in the accompanying drawings in detail, like numerals, letters,characters, or symbols designate like or corresponding parts.

The body 1 of our improved utensil is of cylindrical form and ispreferably provided with a removable bottom 2, which may be of wiremesh, as shown in Fig. 2, or imperforate as shown in Fig. 3. The bottomwhen constructed in removable form is provided with angular slots 3 inwhich pins 4: attached to the body fit and lock. rIhe agitating meansfor mixing the food is removably mounted within the body and comprises avertical shaft 5, agitating blades 6 on the lower end of said shaft, anda centering disk on the upper extremity of said shaft. The periphery ofthe disk may be cut out to form a pinion 8 or a separate pinion may berigidly fastened upon the disk. A horizontal handle 9 projects from oneside of the top of the body, and a top supporting bar 10 is hinged tothe body on the side opposite the handle by a suitable hinge 11, and visadapted to be swung down upon and suitably fastened to the handle orSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 1,1915. Serial No. 11,251.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

to be turned up out of the way on its hinge, as shown in dotted-lines inFig. 1 to` permit the shaft 5 and itsparts to be lifted up and withdrawnfrom the body. Thebar 10 has a center circular opening in which the disk7 iitsand is supported and to limit the movement ofthe disk `throughtheopening pins 12, are projected horizontally from said disk and extendbeneath the bar as shown in Fig. 1. rIhe vertical shaft is manuallyrevolved by a comparatively large gear wheel 13 which is rotatablymounted on a stationary headed pin 14 attached to and extendingvertically from the barl 10. The gear wheel 13 meshes with the pinion 8and is preferably revolved by a handle 15. The supporting bar 10 islocked in its horizontal supporting position by a suitable flattenedlocking pin 16 which is rotatably secured to the handle 9, and isadapted to be fitted through a longitudinal slot 17 in a projectingportion 18 of the bar 10 and turned to an angle to the 'slot as shown inFig. 2.

within the scope thereof by invoking the doctrine of equivalents.

What we claim as our invention and deside to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. In a device of the class described, a hollow body, a top supportingbar hinged at one end to one side of said body and adapted to normallyextending diametrically across the top of said body, said bar having acentral enlargement provided with a circular opening, a verticaloperating shaft, agitating blades on the lower end of said shaft, acircular disk on the upper eX- tremity of said shaft rotatably fitted inthe circular opening in the bar, a pinion on said shaft over the diskand disposed in a horizontal plane slightly above the supporting bar,and a manually operated gear wheel rotatably mounted on the supportingbar and meshing with the pinion.

n With aoircularopening, a verticaloperating shaft, agitating' blades onthe lower end of saidshaft, a circular disk on the upper VeX- trernityof .said shaftv rotatably fitting in V'the circular opening' in the bar,a pinion on saidA shaft over vthel disk and disposed in a horizontalplaneslightly above the supporting bar, and a manually :operated gearWheel rotatably mounted on the supporting bar and meshing with thepinion; said disk being considerably thicker than the bar and having aportion thereof projecting below, and a horizontal pin fitted throughthe lower portion of said disk and extending beneath the bar.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto affixed our naines in the presenceof two witnesses.

JOSEPH H. UBELAKER. RAIMUND A. KRMASCHEK.

Witnesses:

Rom'. KLo'rz, Jos. MAIER.

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' "f Washington, 11G.

